"In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground." The Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects was written by Mary Wollstonecraft and was first published in January ,1792. Mary Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers. The publication of Vindication caused considerable controversy but failed to bring about any immediate reforms. From the 1840s, however, members of the incipient American and European women’s movements resurrected some of the book’s principles. It was a particular influence on American women’s rights pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Fuller. I came across this book while I was reading “The Idea of Justice" by Amartya Sen; there he talks about her work which has been remarkable in bringing about the perspective on human right